Text can make so much difference to your shapes -- add some text to a rectangle and it becomes an
info-graphic! There can be any number of other reasons to insert text within a shape -- and inserting or
editing text within a shape using PowerPoint 2013 on a touch device such as Microsoft Surface is as easy
as doing the same on the desktop version of PowerPoint 2013. In this tutorial, we'll show you how you can
insert and edit the text within a shape while using PowerPoint 2013 on a touch device such as the Surface:

Tap on the selected shape on your slide and you will see a
floatie spawning right
there -- in this case you see the
Shape floatie that provides
formatting options for the tapped shape. Tap on the Edit Text button, as shown in
Figure 1.

Figure 1: Edit Text button within the Shape Floatie

An insertion point cursor can be seen within the shape that lets you type text within the shape, as shown
in Figure 2.

Figure 2: Shape with text insertion cursor

Alternatively, tap twice on the same place on the shape itself to get the text insertion cursor.

Start typing to insert text within shape. Figure 3, below shows text typed within the
shape -- also notice that we have typed three words.

Figure 3: Text typed within the shape

Now, tap twice on any of the words. In Figure 4 you can see the
word "Shape" being tapped.

Figure 4: Tap twice on any word

This will select the tapped word -- in this case word "Shape", as shown in
Figure 5. Notice two white dots at the bottom of the selected word, highlighted in
red within Figure 5.

Figure 5: Tapped word selected

To select the remaining words, tap the leftwards white dot, and swipe as shown in Figure 6.

Figure 6: Tap and drag the white dot to select all words

This will select all the remaining words, as shown in Figure 7.

Figure 7: All words selected within the shape

Tip: Want to learn how you can work with the actual text -- to do that, you need to bring up
the Text floatie.

Have your ever used keyboard shortcuts and sequences in PowerPoint? Or are you a complete keyboard aficionado? Do you want to learn about some new shortcuts? Or do you want to know if your favorite keyboard shortcuts are documented?